Valparaiso University’s English department presents Wordfest, the annual reading, lecture, and discussion series presented by practicing writers of poetry, drama, fiction, and nonfiction prose to help stimulate and inspire students in their own creative journeys. Speakers for the 2017–2018 academic year include: Chelsea Wagenaar and Mark Wagenaar, Sept. 14, 7 p.m., Brauer Museum of Art, Center for […]
Matthew Becker, Ph.D., professor of theology, and Alex Capaldi, Ph.D., associate professor of mathematics and statistics, are recipients of 2018–2019 Wheat Ridge Ministries–O.P. Kretzmann Fund grants for Research in the Healing Arts and Sciences. The grants, $10,000 each, will afford Professors Becker and Capaldi the opportunity to conduct advanced, innovative research and significantly contribute to […]
Kevin Ostoyich, Ph.D., department chair and associate professor of history, has spent the past six years researching the history of the Shanghai Jews. He has become an expert in this emerging topic and will be featured as such in the new, six-part PBS history series “We’ll Meet Again” with Ann Curry premiering this winter. “We’ll […]
Opening Reception is Jan. 14 The Brauer Museum of Art’s winter exhibitions kick off with an opening reception Sunday, Jan. 14, and run through April 1. In the Wehling and McGill Galleries, German artists and educators Henning Eichinger and Yvonne Kendall present an installation that involves both paintings and sculptural creations. The exhibition not only […]
Valparaiso University will host TEDxValparaisoUniversity, its third community-inspired TEDx event, on Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, 4–9 p.m. at the Valparaiso University Center for the Arts. This student-driven event is themed “Why Not Today.” This year’s TEDx event is designed to explore the power of creation and innovation to bring together a diversity of people, cultures […]
Valparaiso University will celebrate Winter Commencement on Sunday, Dec. 10, at 2:30 p.m., conferring degrees upon 227 undergraduate, graduate and law students. The keynote speaker is Dana Rifai ’07 J.D., who is a partner at Burke Costanza and Carberry Law Firm. She initiated the firm’s immigration practice, focusing on employment, business and family immigration matters. […]
Each year, Valpo students, faculty, and staff host a variety of holiday events to unite the campus with the greater Valparaiso community, as together they join in celebrating the season. December 2017 events include: Annual Tree Lighting, Thursday, Nov. 30, 5:30–7 p.m. Visit Santa, enjoy caroling and refreshments, and watch as the tree is lit […]
Valparaiso University will continue its tradition of honoring the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 15, 2018, with its 28th annual celebration, centering on the idea of “Why We Can’t Wait.” Fifty years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, where he had come alongside sanitation workers fighting […]
WHAT: Valparaiso University continues a tradition that dates back more than 90 years with its annual Christmas Concert: A Carol Festival. The concert returns the first weekend of December with two performances to open the Christmas season for the University, community, alumni and friends from throughout the Midwest. WHO: The annual celebration will feature the […]
WHO: Valparaiso University presents the annual Advent-Christmas Vespers service, featuring the Kantorei Choir of the Chapel of the Resurrection, the University Resurrection Ringers handbell choir, and — at the 7 p.m. service only — the Jubilate Choir of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Valparaiso, Indiana. WHAT: The annual service of lessons and carols is a traditional part […]